Jean billon



(No Model.)

J. &' J. BILLON & H. L. BERGER.

GAR COUPLING.

No. 255,240. Patented Ma.1*.21,1882.

ATTORNEYS.

N. PETERS, Phalo-Lilhcgnphor, Washington. 0. Q

' UNITED STATES PATENT ()EEICE.

JEAN BILLON, JAMES BILLON, AND HENRY L, BERGER, OF ST. JAMES, LA.

CAR-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 255,240, dated March 21, 1882.

Application filed J annary 31, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, JEAN BILLON, JAMES BiLLoN, and HENRY L. BERGER, of St. James, St. James parish, Louisiana, have invented a new and Improved Gar-Coupling, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention consists in a draw-head pro vided at its outer end with a vertical transverse head, to which draw-head a bow is pivoted, provided at its inner ends with weights, and having these inner ends connected by chains or equivalents with a pivoted lever, which can be locked in position by means of suitable locking devices. If the bow of one draw-head is swung over the meeting crossheads of the two draw-heads,the cars are coupled, and the bow can he held in this position by the locked lever or any other suitable device.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

- Figure l is a horizontal elevation ofthe ends of the box-cars provided with our improved car-coupling. Fig.2 is a plan view of the same with one of the shackles or bows raised. Fig. 3 is an elevation of one of the cars, the shackle or bow being raised. Fig. dis an elevation of the end of a car, showing a modified construction and arrangement of the levers.

Each car A is provided at each end with a projecting draw-head, 13, provided atits outer end with a vertical transverse block or head, 0, projecting upward and downward from the end of the draw-head, or, it'desired, in one direction only, the construction shown being preferred. A U-shaped shackle or how, D, made of a metal rod or flat bar, is pivoted at ornear its middle to the middle of the draw-head B in such a manner that the rounded or closed end of the shackle or bow can swing outside of the vertical transverse block or head 0, as shown. 7

WeightsE ofanydesired kind are attached to the ends of the shanks of the shackle or how D, which weights tend to hold the bow in a vertical position ,as shown. Chains orequivalents,F, are attached to the ends of the'shanks of the bow,

and the united chains are attached to the outer end of a lever, G, pivoted in a standard, H, at the end of the roof of the car. The inner end of this lever can be held on the roof of the car by a spring-hook, J, or by any other suitable device which may be constructed to hold the inner end of the lever G a greater or less distance from the roof of the car. For passenger or platform cars other devices must be pro,- vided for securing the upper ends of the chains F.

The operation is as follows: Ifthe inner ends of the levers G are released or unlocked, the weights E draw the inner ends of the bows or shackles D downward, so that these bows will project upward from the draw-heads. When the ends of the draw-heads come in contact the inner end of one of the levers G is depressed, and the corresponding bow, D, will be swung over the two cross-heads until it rests on the upper edge of the draw-head, resting endwise against the one to which the bow is pivoted. The lever G can be locked in position, with its inner end lowered, by means of the spring-hook J, or equivalent devices, and thereby the bow D will also be locked in position around the cross-head of the opposite drawhead. Either one bow may be used to couple the cars, as shown in Fig. 2, or the bows of both draw-heads may be used, as shown in Fig. 1. In this case the outer end of one how must be lowered below the cross-heads before they come together, and when this how is released its weight will swing its outer end upward against the lower edge of the opposite draw-head, and in this case the locking-hook J can be dispensed with.

If the cars are to be uncoupled, the lever G of the upper bow D is' released, when the weights E will swing the bow upward, and the inner end of the lever G of the lower bow is depressed, so that the outer end of this lower bow willbe swung downward sufficiently to be enti: ely disengaged from the transverse head 0.

In place of the lever G, a lever, G, pivoted to the end of the car, may be used, this lever being guided by a guide-bar, H, provided in its upper edgewith notches for thespring-lock J of this lever G. The chain F passes over a pulley, J, at the end of the guide-bar H.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A car-coupling madcsuhstantiallyasherein shown and described, and consisting of a draw-head provided at its outer end with avertical projection, to which draw-head a bow is pivoted, provided at the ends of its shanks with weights, as set forth. 7

2. In a ear-coupling, the combination, with the draw-head B, provided at its outer end with a cross-head, O, of the pivoted how D, provided with weights E at the ends of the shanks, and of the chain or equivalent, F, for operating the bow, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth. I

3. In a oar'conpling, the combination, with the draw-head B, provided at the outer end with across-head, C, of the pivoted bow D, provided with weights E, the chain F,orequivalent, and the lever G, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

4. In a car-coupling, the combination, with the draw-head B, provided attheouterend with a cross-head, (J, of the pivoted bow D, provided with weights E, the chain 13, or equivalent, the lever G, and. the lockinghook J, or

equivalent, for securing the inner end of the ,0

lever G, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

JEAN BILLON. JAMES BILLON. HENRY LOUIS BERGER. Witnesses:

W. P. CAGNOLATTE, V, M. BODHELETTE. 

